# What to do on the SDMB for fun. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742 "2003-08-08T03:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/1 "2003-08-08T03:13:34Z")
Inspired by [“Do you allways look at closed thrads?”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203053) What _unique_ thing(s) do you do for fun/to pass the time here? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/2 "2003-08-08T03:44:36Z")
Dig for old threads to read, make lists of posters with tons of posts, read all the posts by any specific person to see how their posts have changed over time, analyze post interactions within threads to try to figure out who is friends with who, randomly mention names in threads to play with vanity searches (for example, **Jonathan Chance** or someone else), add people to my buddy lists so I can track if they’re online or not, change my location, search for instances of the word polychromatic, read people’s web pages, and look at profiles. Oh yes, sometimes I even read threads and post. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/3 "2003-08-08T04:24:22Z")
Checking out the very first threads in each forum. And, uh, recently I’ve been reading a few of the moderators’ earlier posts on the board for precisely **lel** ’s reasons above. I’ve covered **Coldfire** and **manhattan**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/4 "2003-08-08T08:00:35Z")
Look at posts I remember as being particularly good. Read Great Debates for a while. Then I get bored. Read Cecil’s columns. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/5 "2003-08-08T10:54:01Z")
Read old, infamous trainwrecks. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/6 "2003-08-08T10:57:43Z")
Play with the cool 'What colour is your username" thing. Little things please little minds. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/7 "2003-08-08T13:13:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*Dig for old threads to read, make lists of posters with tons of posts, read all the posts by any specific person to see how their posts have changed over time, analyze post interactions within threads to try to figure out who is friends with who, randomly mention names in threads to play with vanity searches (for example, **Jonathan Chance** or someone else), add people to my buddy lists so I can track if they’re online or not, change my location, search for instances of the word polychromatic, read people’s web pages, and look at profiles. > > Oh yes, sometimes I even read threads and post. \*\* Bastard! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/8 "2003-08-08T13:32:27Z")
You do the **Jonathan Chance** thing too? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/9 "2003-08-08T14:03:06Z")
Read posts by banned members. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/10 "2003-08-08T14:59:08Z")
I tried to think of a linkage between the “Golden Horde” and “Golden Hemorhoids” threads. I wasn’t clever enough. There are some things, perhaps, that man wasn’t meant to know. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/11 "2003-08-08T14:59:44Z")
This is probably bad, but if I’m looking at an old thread and see a poster has been banned I will search under their name and look in the threads to try and figure out what got them banned in the first place. Sometimes a mod will have posted and said what the problem was but sometimes I can’t find out what happened. I assume maybe the person had too many usernames or maybe they had been banned previously and posted something under a new name… Then I figure that the world of the Mods is not something I am supposed to understand so I let it go… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/12 "2003-08-08T19:07:44Z")
What to do on the SDMB for fun. Thank you **Lobsang** for this thread. Can’t wait for more answers. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/13 "2003-08-08T19:15:35Z")
[ul]😕 [sup] **I have no idea what I’m doing here.** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/14 "2003-08-08T20:45:14Z")
I mostly just wait and wait and wait for threads to finally open. Then I try to post and I wait and wait and wait some more. Then I curse when the page times out. Then I repeat a couple more times. Then, after killing two hours and successfully posting once or twice, I go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/15 "2003-08-08T23:54:17Z")
lurk ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-the-sdmb-for-fun/193742/16 "2003-08-09T10:45:16Z")
Waitaminnit, what are you all saying there? Are you using the SDMB for _fun_?? People, we’re here to fight _ignorance_. And it is taking far too long already. Even with the herculean efforts of **Q.E.D.** , tons and tons of the stuff pour in every day. It’s taking all we’ve got to keep it at bay. And you’re talking about having _fun_? Get your lazy \*\*\*es over at GQ and GD and start Googling. I’m going to cry in my corner now. 😉